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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Choice. The fact is that Smith has never been stronger. His whites are solidly behind him; although political opposition is still legal, none exists. Last week the Rhodesian High Court, whose members had opposed seizing independence from the start, handed down a decision that assured Smith of at least reluctant collaboration. Turning down an appeal by two men who had been imprisoned without trial at the time of independence, the justices ruled that the Smith government, although "illegal," was in effective control of the country -and that the court had to go along with its dictates...
...that the bar is responsible for the financial misdeeds of its members originated in New Zealand in 1929 and soon spread to Europe. The concept did not reach the U.S., home of the richest lawyers on earth, until 1959, when the Vermont Bar Association put up the money to start a clients' security fund. About the same time, the American Bar Association organized a committee "to assist and encourage" similar funds in the other states. The current committee chairman, Attorney Karl C. Williams of Rockford, Ill., reports that four newcomers-Missouri, Maryland, Michigan, Florida-have joined in the first...
...games), Houk was known as the "Miracle Major" when he bossed the New York Yankees to three straight American League pennants before retiring to the front office in 1964. Another miracle was obviously called for after the Yankees slumped to sixth place last year, got off to a miserable start in 1966. So last May, when Manager Johnny Keane was fired, Houk took over the job again himself...
...canned. It's tasteless. It's been swallowed up by Madison Avenue. Right after the dinner hour, we hear all about underarm deodorants, bad breath, dentures. It's disgusting. There is an easy way to make it on TV-you learn their ten commandments, which start with Thou shalt kill,' 'Thou shalt lie,' 'Thou shalt be a cutthroat...
...Standard's Esso, the country's second biggest marketer after Germany's Aral, has been fighting for the top spot since last spring in a price-cutting war that may cost the companies $125 million in lost revenues this year. On the tire front, Goodyear will start building a $14 million factory this month near Heidelberg to boost its 7% share of the market and keep up with B.F. Goodrich, which is already working on a new $25 million plant. The two, along with Uniroyal and Firestone, are still far behind German-owned Continental, which accounts...